OSHA Inspection: STEVE ODOM CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1440.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:   a) Near 205 Hill Street, Wetumpka AL; On or about May 6, 2015 the employer exposed employees to head injuries in that employees were allowed to work underneath the bucket of a track hoe which was moving dirt out of the excavation they were working in without helmets for head protection.

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1440.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652 paragraph (b) or (c) of this section.   a) Hill Street, Wetumpka AL; On or about May 6, 2015 the employer exposed employees to cave-in hazards in that employees were allowed to work inside of a trench measuring five and half feet deep, four feet wide, and fifty-two feet in length that was dug in class "b" soil. The employer had not complied with the standard in that employees were not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system and the excavation was sloped at an angle steeper than one and one-half horizontal to one vertical (thirty-four degrees measured to the horizontal).